SOFTWARE MICROSERVICE GENERATION

A computer implemented method of generating a software service for providing required software functionality can include accessing a software component having functionality including and exceeding the required functionality; defining verification test for verifying that the software component includes the required functionality; applying a genetic algorithm to the software component to iteratively adapt the software component over a plurality of generations, wherein each generation of the software component is adapted by removal of one or more portions of the software component of a preceding generation, wherein the adaptation for a generation is selected from a set of candidate adaptations based on a determination of a fitness of the component so adapted, the fitness being determined by the verification test, wherein the iteration of the genetic algorithm ceases in response to a stopping condition such that, on cessation, the latest generation of the software component constitutes the software service.